What is the impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs called?
slumgum — The impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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